Justin Masterson

PHILADELPHIA — David Buchanan followed up a solid rookie season last year with a terrific spring, compiling a 3-0 record with a 1.29 ERA during Grapefruit League play. What might have been most impressive was that Buchanan walked just two batters over 21 innings. He saved the bases on balls for his first regular season start, apparently. For as good as he was in spring, that's how bad his command was Thursday night. He walked four batters and gave up six runs in three innings of work as the Boston Red Sox took the rubber match of the season-opening series, 6-2. Buchanan dealt with runners on base in all three innings, surviving the first two, but not the third, when he...

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